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Plutonium

94 Pu

Plutonium

Actinide period 7 f-block discovered: 1940

As a chemical element

Properties of the atom — they do not depend on what substance it is part of.

Atomic number
94
Atomic mass
244.06420 a.m.u.
Electron configuration
[Rn]7s2 5f6
Electronegativity
1.28 on the Pauling scale
Atomic radius
243 pm
Ionization energy
6.06 eV
Oxidation states
+6, +5, +4, +3

As a simple substance

Properties of the substance these atoms form under ordinary conditions.

State at 25 °C
Solid
Melting point
913 K (639,85 °C)
Boiling point
3501 K (3 227,85 °C)
Density
19.84 g/cm³